Bible Time with the Master Pastor
- Michael Haran
- Jun 4
- 1 min read

As a "good Christian" nation, in what year did old Russia end serfdom (i.e. glorified slavery)?
A) Good Christians would never allow slavery in the first place?
B) 1865?
C) "There is no Jew or Greek, slave or free, male and female; since you are all one in Christ Jesus." Galations 3:38?
D) 1861?
E) "Your male and female slaves are to come from the nations around you; from them you may buy slaves. You may also buy some of the temporary residents living amoung you and members of their clans born in your country, and they will become your property." Leviticus 25:44?
Answer:?
D) 1861. Serfdom in Russia was abolished on March 3, 1861 (February 19 in the Old Julian calendar). The sweeping Emancipation Edict was enacted by Tsar Alexandwe II. It freed more than 23 million peasants, granting them the rights to marry without consent, own property, and run businesses.



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